Haven Star, Ranger stronghold north.

Lal always remembered that Company Commander Douglas personally instructed several of their platoon commanders to be careful after the briefing. Even though the area they were responsible for had been swept by the Rangers and was a safe area, he still didn't want to risk spreading out his small forces to speed up the search, but instead gathered five platoons together to search one by one.

Compared to the yellow sand of Sill, the scenery of Haven is much more beautiful. Haven itself is a terrestrial planet, and its ecosystem can support human survival, but the swarm virus forces them to move in full armor. At least they had simple dirt roads built by the colonists to walk, and the dirt roads were not lined with yellow sand with no end in sight, but verdant grasslands, with a lonely plant or two from time to time, and sometimes large fields - and of course, sometimes the wreckage of warplanes and insects.

They followed the dirt road to the outside of a settlement, and to ensure safety, Lal sent two squads into the stronghold, the other two squads guarded outside, and the tank squad was assigned to a reasonably well-positioned place to deploy ready to support.

The two squads outside the stronghold did not intend to leave them idle, on the one hand, he set up a simple line of defense, and on the other hand, he also asked them to search for suspicious places as much as possible. However, it is clear that nothing suspicious can be found outside the stronghold except grass or soil.

"What the hell are you worried about?" Ral and Four-Eyes stood in front of the tanks in siege mode, waiting for news from the two squads in the stronghold, while Four-Eyes began to guess the intentions of the above in a bored wait, "Could it be that Haven has any Sarnagar ruins?" Or is there some secret laboratory that no one knows? ”

"I don't know." Ral replied honestly, "But I think there must be some truth to the speculation above." A group of refugees have been attacked by swarms over and over again, and there is something wrong with this. This time there are so many ships involved in a scuffle in the sky, which shows that there must be something noteworthy here. ”

"But what can a refugee have in his hands to be of interest?" Four Eyes asked suspiciously, "The ships they came to Haiwen were all left by the empire, and the clothing and travel fees were all given by our boss, what else could they have that was worth a group of people running to rob?" ”

"Maybe it's a conspiracy theory group that's been confirmed......" Suddenly, Miles' voice rang out over the communicator.

"Head, the basic investigation is complete, the target point is safe, and no hostile units have been found...... However, something is wrong with us. ”

"Condition?" Miles' heart tightened.

"Hmm...... The people of Class 8 found several survivors. They had heard the announcement and were about to go to Alpha, but they were attacked by insects on the way...... Some of them took advantage of the chaos and ran away, but a few of them were wounded, and then ...... "Needless to say, it is obvious that in order not to drag the back of the large army, either they gave up on their own initiative, or they were thrown down directly."

"The people in Class 8 want to ask how to deal with this? The wounded meant to shoot them directly, but they were not qualified to shoot civilians, especially the wounded, without an order from their superiors......"

"I'll ask the headquarters. Miles, you send the medics in your squad over and make them comfortable before I get orders. If you die, it's hard to explain. ”

"No problem, head. But you've got to hurry, I guess they've got the virus, and they probably won't be alive for long......"

Upon learning of this, the command quickly replied: take any useful information from them, and give them a good deal. The order emphasizes that the other party is not the target of your own service, and if the other party does not cooperate in any way, you can use unconventional means.

“…… Since that's what I've said, let's just do it, but I don't think there's really anything to ask. Four eyes looked at the order from above, and after a moment of silence, he patted Lal on the shoulder.

Ral didn't answer, just silently copied a copy of the order and sent it to Miles in the stronghold, and soon, Miles's sharp questioning voice rang out in the communication channel: "Interrogation of civilians?!" Head, are you sure ......"

"It's not an interrogation, it's an intelligence." Ral interrupted him with a frown, "Just ask them what happened, if they have any clues and clues." I didn't let you have to use any unreasonable means, and don't misinterpret the meaning of your superiors. ”

“…… Yes, sir. ”

In silence, as several gunshots rang out in the direction of the stronghold, Miles radioed them to inform them that they had indeed asked for some useful clues.

These survivors also fled from elsewhere and probably didn't know as much about the attack as they did about it. All they knew was that one day the alarm suddenly sounded at their old stronghold, and the local guards rudely drove them back into their houses and warned them not to go out. About two or three days later, they were attacked by humans, a nearby refugee settlement that had been at odds with them.

As the two sides were in a pot of porridge, the insects suddenly appeared and attacked both sides, and in the chaos, the refugees escaped under the protection of several surviving guards. One of them was a "ham" (radio amateur) with several handsets on them. For the next few days, they went into hiding, relying on those few handsets to send men out and risk out to gather food and other necessities, and to try to contact and receive any signals or allies they could find.

After a few days of wandering, they found a relay station. Due to the lack of sufficient manpower, material and technical resources to build satellite communication networks, such terrestrial signal relay stations were the most common pre-colonial transition mode. The hams were sent to the empty relay station to try to communicate with the outside world.

But they soon discovered that the relay station's system was so encrypted that they couldn't decipher it — not even the ID card they had access to the bitten corpse inside the relay station. Without the system, they wouldn't even be able to raise the satellite tower, which automatically went to sleep, let alone perform any further operations.

Just when they were facing a total collapse, full-band broadcasts from Hyperion gave them hope. The news that the Rangers were receiving refugees in Starport rekindled their hopes, and the survivors immediately decided to move towards Starport - and then there was no more, they were attacked by insects, and in the confusion, they ran out again. Running here, these wounded who had delayed their movement were thrown down.

"The system of the relay station is encrypted with multiple layers? Don't even have the right to log in with your ID card? Four Eyes was stunned, "Is it necessary for the relay station to encrypt with such high privileges?" Or did they accidentally touch a military relay station? The problem is that Haven didn't have any information about the human landing before they came, right? ”

Ral tapped the tank behind him, stood up and stretched, looking much more relaxed.

"That's our next goal. All classes assemble, we are ready to go! ”

(Sorry for the delay, but something really happened at school.) To be honest, some time ago, I couldn't resist the pressure and decided to give myself a bit == I was going to update it yesterday, but I found that there was no automatic login for a long time, and I wanted to log in with my mobile phone, but I found that I couldn't collect the verification code in February...... So I hurriedly paid the phone bill today to update. I'll be in my ...... as soon as possible in the next few days That's a little more updated before. ）